5.  The applicant was born in 1937 and lives in Plovdiv.
6.  The applicant’s father owned one quarter of a plot of land with a total surface area of 2,184 square metres, situated in Plovdiv. In the period between 1954 and 1956 the plot was expropriated for public use. In 1956 the applicant’s father received, as compensation for the expropriation, a plot of land in the same area, which he sold in 1957 to a third person.
7.  On 8 April 1992, after the entry into force of the Law on the Restitution of Property Expropriated under Building Planning Legislation (“the 1992 Law” – see paragraph 26 below), the applicant submitted a request to the mayor of Plovdiv (“the mayor”) for the revocation of the expropriation and the restitution of the expropriated property to her as an heir of the person from whom it had been expropriated.
8.  The mayor dismissed her request, finding that the property could not be restored to the applicant as a bridge had been built over it.
9.  The applicant appealed to the Plovdiv Regional Court. In the course of the proceedings, in 1995, a court-appointed expert concluded that the public works for the purposes of which the property had been expropriated had affected only part of it, leaving 1,500 square metres that could be restored to the original owners. The expert opinion was accompanied by several plans.
10.  In a judgment of 23 October 1997, the Regional Court set aside the expropriation order in respect of one quarter of 1,500 square metres of the property, within the specific boundaries marked on a plan provided by the above expert (“the 1995 plan”). This plan was an inseparable part of the court’s judgment. Neither party submitted a petition for review (cassation).
11.  The court did not examine the issue of the compensation that the applicant’s father had received for the expropriation, nor was this issue raised by the municipality during the course of the proceedings or at any time after. It appears that the applicant did not return this compensation. It also appears that after the judgment of 23 October 1997 came into effect, the municipality never challenged, on that basis or on any other grounds, the applicant’s ownership of the one quarter of the plot of 1,500 square metres that had to be returned to her.
12.  Subsequently, in January 1998, 1999 and 2000 the applicant filed several requests with the Plovdiv municipality inviting the latter to execute the judgment of 1997 and, in particular, to register the returned property in the land register.
13.  The municipality discovered that the 1995 plan did not correspond to the current urban plan and that it contained a number of technical errors. These defects made it technically impossible to register the returned property in the land register. Therefore, on 9 November 1999 the municipality requested that the Plovdiv Regional Court rectify these defects, which it apparently refused to do.
14.  In September and November 2000 the municipality informed the applicant that a procedure for the modification of the land register under section 32(1)(2) of the Zone Plan Act had been started, but because of a number of technical errors in the 1995 plan, which the Regional Court had refused to rectify, it was impossible to issue an up-to-date plan. The applicant was advised to request the expert who prepared the 1995 plan to provide the information missing therein.
15.  In a letter dated 26 July 2002 the municipality again informed the applicant that the property could not be registered in the land register because of the defects in the 1995 plan and advised her that registration might become possible if the boundaries of the property were determined and marked on the spot (да се заснемат на място материализирани грaници). In this connection, it was open to her to request the assistance of an enforcement judge.
16.  Meanwhile, the applicant had requested the issuing of a writ for the execution of the judgment of 1997. Her request was rejected by both the Plovdiv Regional Court and the Supreme Administrative Court in a final decision of 24 September 2002. The courts held that judgments in respect of restitution of properties were not subject to enforcement as their purpose was the transformation of a right (имат конститутивен ефект) and did not include an order to act. The 1992 Law did not provide for the enforcement of final decisions or judgments by an enforcement judge.
17.  On 2 December 2002 the applicant requested the Plovdiv Regional Court to interpret its judgment of 1997 and to indicate a method for its execution. A hearing was scheduled for 14 April 2003. The outcome of these proceedings is not clear.
18.  On 13 March 2003, upon the request of a co-owner of the plot at issue, the municipality instituted a procedure for the modification of the land register in order to register a new plot which appeared to be almost identical to the one which had been returned in part to the applicant in 1997.
19.  On several occasions in February and May 2004 the applicant requested that the municipality mark the boundaries of her property on the spot (трасиране на имота) or issue a certificate (служебна бележка) to that effect. In reply, the municipality informed her that this was within the competence of the local land registry office and reminded her that the procedure for the entry of the property in the land register had not yet been completed.
20.  Meanwhile, on 21 April 2004 the applicant filed an application in which she objected to the amendments to the land register and reiterated her request for the marking of the boundaries. On 20 May 2004 the municipality dismissed the applicant’s objection as she had not identified any procedural violations.
21.  On 4 June 2004 the mayor gave his approval for the above‑mentioned amendment to the land register.
22.  On 15 June 2004 the applicant appealed stating that she “did not agree with the proposed amendment” and reiterating her request for the marking of the property’s boundaries. The appeal was dismissed by the municipal authorities as no specific procedural breaches had been challenged.
23.  On 19 August 2004 a deed establishing omissions or errors in the cadastral maps (акт за непълноти и грешки в кадастралния план) was issued, providing for the registration, pursuant to the mayor’s decision of 4 June 2004, of a new property in the land registry. In the deed, the applicant was listed as one of the co-owners of the property, along with three other individuals and the municipality. It is not clear whether this modification was carried out in accordance with the judgment of 1997 and the boundaries determined by the 1995 plan.
24.  Relying on the deed of 19 August 2004, on 1 October 2004 the mayor approved the amendment to the land register. The applicant was informed that she could object within fourteen days. It is not clear whether she did so.
25.  The parties have not informed the Court of any subsequent developments after 2004, despite its explicit request to that effect.